Blagojevich Impeachment (2009)

Gov. Bruce Rauner went back on the road Wednesday to sell his “turnaround agenda" to local voters, laying the blame for the state’s financial troubles on the legislature’s Democratic leaders as he encountered angry jeers from some who risk losing state services if the two sides don't reach a deal.

The new governor is doubling down on a strategy to win approval of his pro-business, anti-union legislative agenda by asking voters to pressure their state lawmakers to vote his way.

That campaign consumed much of Rauner’s first few months in office, but he returned to the Capitol in mid-May as the scheduled end of the session approached and Democrats...

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